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4828 Misenus

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Discovered by
  
C. S. Shoemaker

Alternative names
  
1988 RV

Aphelion
  
5.3905 AU (806.41 Gm)

Discovered
  
11 September 1988

Discoverer
  
Carolyn S. Shoemaker

Asteroid group
  
Jupiter trojan

Discovery date
  
11 September 1988

Observation arc
  
10061 days (27.55 yr)

Perihelion
  
4.9449 AU (739.75 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

MPC designation
  
4828

Similar
  
Sun, 5381 Sekhmet, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy

4828 Misenus (1988 RV) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 11, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.

Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.873 ± 0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.01 magnitude.

References

4828 Misenus Wikipedia